Rain and Respite…
I love it when I wake up to the sound of the rain. Even though this morning, it meant that I had to roll back and forth like an egg a couple of times, trying to sit up and reach over sleeping Ian to close the window. In spite of the rolie-polie comedy of that, the sound of rain was comforting and nice, and this rain has brought some nice cool air with it. As much as I can take the heat, I can also leave it.
So, you know that song ‘MacArthur Park?’
“Someone left the cake out in the rain…
I don’t know if I can take it -
’cause it took so long to bake it…”
Well, that’s been in my head for a couple of days now. What a weird song.
I got up around 5 or so, and made some broccoli with a peanut sauce. That was tasty - though I have a hard time getting my peanut sauce to be tangy enough (though, honestly, I could’ve tried harder). I’ve started brewing what I hope will be a pitcher of sun tea. The sun is peeking a little, so maybe it will come out and shine on my tea.
It feels like Fetus is pulling on the umbilical cord. I wish I knew what was going on in there.
I’m juggling a bunch of tasks and plans, which is actually pretty cool, because for a while I’d lost my ability to do that. I’m still trying to pace myself, but I’m feeling okay about things. I’m trying to fully re-engage myself with my doula association (NEIDA - NorthEastern Illinois Doula Association) - they were really patient with me when I was in school (and occasionally in crisis), so now I’m slowly picking up slack and really getting back into making the organization successful. I feel like we’re on the right track. We’ve been working on a snazzy new website with more useful interactive features, and we’re working to build up more birth community collaborations. It’s good.
For anyone looking for a doula, NEIDA doesn’t connect doulas with families, but our sister organization Birthlink does, FYI.
I can feel my pulse in my right thigh. It’s gone now.
Still no location for a baby shower. If I don’t find something, my city friends are going to have to trek out to ‘burbia. We can’t fit so many people in our apartment, and I don’t like the idea of having seperate parties for different groups of people, besides which that means a whole ‘nother event to plan. Bah! If anyone has suggestions for a cheap location that will accomodate about 30 people, preferably on Chicago’s north side, please reply to this and let me know.
I did my Research Methods midterm this week. It wasn’t as grueling as it could’ve been, mainly because we did it together in our study group. What a process! 3 hours for 7 problems. For those of you out there with math brains, savor and appreciate your gift. Not everyone has it.
Anyway, let’s see what today will bring. Something nice, I hope.
See ya!
Atena Oyadi
